Most software products are too large to be completed by a single person in a short period. To make the development manageable, the software must be divided into components that can be developed (and later maintained) ...

In response to a decline in traditional forms of political participation and growing dissatisfaction with and distrust of democratic and public institutions, public authorities have engaged or have been required to engage ...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are being used to facilitate monitoring of patients in
hospital and home environments. These systems consist of a variety of different components/sensors
and many processes like clustering, ...

Legislatures worldwide experience the same problem in drafting or amending hate crimes statutes: How is it possible to discriminate between victim groups, and which groups are worthy of legislative protection? This article ...

Effective school-university partnerships can enhance a pre-service teachers’ (PST)
experience and encourage experienced teachers to become cooperating teachers (CT).
International literature alludes to the lack of ...

Categorisation of structures into tissues, organs and systems is arbitrary but has considerable
utility as it provides a structural hierarchy within which one can more easily investigate and
better understand human biology ...

A transmission electron microscope was used to characterize a powder form of hexagonally-ordered mesoporous silica material. The structural symmetry built into this amorphous material allowed one to obtain three characteristic ...

This paper extends the classical Samuelson multiplier–accelerator model
for national economy. Actually, this new modeling structure removes the basic shortcoming of the original model producing stable business cycles when ...

We propose a prototype for a real-world, human
network proximity experiment with detailed recordings of the
position of individuals. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive
dataset to investigate the internal correlations ...

Background: Information on validity and reliability of delirium criteria is necessary for clinicians, researchers, and
further developments of DSM or ICD. We compare four DSM and ICD delirium diagnostic criteria versions, ...

Background: To date, delirium prevalence and
incidence in acute hospitals has been estimated from
pooled findings of studies performed in distinct patient
populations.
Objective: To determine delirium prevalence ...

This is a reflection on teaching practice, focusing on design process in a BA Honours in Design – Interior and Furniture, in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). An intrinsic case study approach (Stake 1995) was taken for ...

We present the case of a patient who delivered her baby through the perineal
body with an intact vaginal introitus. Damage to the perineal body through its
connection to the external anal sphincter can involve the ...

The Debian Project is possibly the largest FLOSS project, but its processes have not scaled in relation to its growth and complexity. Many aspects of daily tasks require the volunteer contributors to expend time on repetitive, ...

This paper attempts to test conventionally believed hypotheses on a body of relevant
data. The study is primarily based on examining the nature of Irish export tourism
demand from four of its main generating countries: ...